Re: volta repeat's alternative vs. tie

[Graham Percival]

CSÉCSYLászló wrote:
> %<----
> \repeat volta 2 { g1~ } \alternative { { g | a } { g | r } } f1
> %<----
>
> Think this way: if I have lyrics attached to the score, the \repeat's last
> syllable should last for the second \alternative too, not just the first one.
> Now I have to place an extra underscore before the last part (here: the part
> after the \repeat-\alternative's end bar), which is quite annoying, and (I
> think) unobvious. Is this by design, a bug, or have I missed something?

There's a special command, \repeatTie
r4 <c e g>\repeatTie

It's in the NEWS document for 2.8, but not the main manual.  I've just 
added it to the manual.  I'm not certain what effect this has on lyrics, 
though.

Cheers,
- Graham